Ifa
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Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ifá | 9 |
| Ifa canonical | 8 |
| Odu Ifa | 5 |
| Ifa divination | 4 |
| Ifá divination | 4 |
| Odu Ifá | 2 |
| Orunmila | 2 |
| Ifa divination system | 1 |
| Ifa divination verses | 1 |
| Ifa oracle | 1 |
| Ifa priesthood | 1 |
| Ifa tradition | 1 |
| Ifá oracle | 1 |
| Odun Ifa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T441440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ifa Context triple: [Yoruba, traditionalReligion, Ifa]
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A.
Akan
Akan is a major Central Tano language spoken primarily in Ghana and parts of Côte d’Ivoire, serving as a key lingua franca and cultural language for the Akan people.
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B.
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, and political power, later known as Ishtar.
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C.
Baal
Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
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D.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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E.
Olosega
Olosega is a small volcanic island in the Manuʻa group of American Samoa, known for its dramatic cliffs, lush vegetation, and connection by bridge to the neighboring island of Ofu.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ifa Target entity description: Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.
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A.
Akan
Akan is a major Central Tano language spoken primarily in Ghana and parts of Côte d’Ivoire, serving as a key lingua franca and cultural language for the Akan people.
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B.
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, sex, war, and political power, later known as Ishtar.
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C.
Baal
Baal is a prominent ancient Near Eastern storm and fertility god widely worshipped across Phoenician and Canaanite cultures.
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D.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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E.
Olosega
Olosega is a small volcanic island in the Manuʻa group of American Samoa, known for its dramatic cliffs, lush vegetation, and connection by bridge to the neighboring island of Ofu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yoruba religion component
ⓘ
divination system ⓘ intangible cultural heritage ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
conflict resolution
ⓘ
guidance ⓘ healing ⓘ understanding destiny ⓘ |
| associatedDeityRole |
Orunmila as deity of divination
ⓘ
Orunmila as deity of wisdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African diaspora religions
ⓘ
West African traditional religion ⓘ
linked to:
Yoruba religion
|
| centeredOn | Orunmila ⓘ |
| cosmologyIncludes |
Olodumare
ⓘ
Orisha ⓘ |
| ethicalFocus | good character (iwa pele) ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
character
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ destiny ⓘ |
| hasDeity | Orunmila ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Yoruba language
ⓘ
linked to:
Yoruba
|
| hasPart |
Odu Ifa
ⓘ
linked to:
Ifa
|
| hasPractitioner |
babalawo
ⓘ
iyanifa ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
consultation of Orunmila
ⓘ
initiation ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| hasTextCorpus |
Odu Ifa
ⓘ
linked to:
Ifa
sacred verses ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOStatus | Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Afro-Cuban religion
ⓘ
Candomblé ⓘ Lucumí religion ⓘ Santería ⓘ |
| originatedIn |
Southwestern Nigeria
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Nigeria
Yorubaland ⓘ
linked to:
Western Nigeria
|
| practicedBy | Yoruba people ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| region |
Benin
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ Togo ⓘ |
| religiousTraditionOf | Yoruba religion ⓘ |
| transmittedBy |
memorization of verses
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| uses | divination ⓘ |
| usesObject |
divination chain
ⓘ
divination tray ⓘ palm nuts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ifa Description of subject: Ifa is a Yoruba divination and spiritual system centered on a complex corpus of sacred texts and the guidance of the deity Orunmila.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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ashe (spiritual power)
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